The diamondback terrapin turtles would soon be extinct if it weren't for the efforts of New Jersey high school students. Their efforts have led to a proposed bill, which would prohibit the capture of this species. These students should be thanked

This man recently took the time to stop his truck and make sure a turtle crossed the road safely. Once on the shoulder, he began to drive off when he witnessed Comcast driver purposely veer onto the shoulder and drive over the turtle. Witness has license

The leatherback sea turtle (Demochelys coriacea) is the earth's biggest turtle and has the largest range of any species, swimming all over the globe from the tropics to the sub-polar regions. When it comes time to dig a nest and lay its eggs, MORE

I am a college student and know how hard it is to find money nowadays, I am not asking you to donate. But I thought I should share this article to inform you of what WWF has discovered. These poor turtles are suffering and dying from a fatal virus.

Sea turtles face an uncertain future as a warming climate threatens to reduce their reproductive viability. However, new research led by the University of Exeter and published this week in Proceedings of the Royal Society B shows that some turtles are ...

.Andre, an endangered green turtle, crawls to the ocean after a 414 day stay at the Loggerhead Marinelife Center in Juno Beach, Florida. Hundreds gathered in Florida to watch the release of a green sea turtle that overcame massive injuries.

Among all the world's turtles, the pig-nosed turtle is unique. Like a marine turtle, the pig-nosed has long, flipper-like appendages, but it also has movable digits like fresh water turtles. Indeed, it's the last surviving species of a family of turtles b

Experts in Hanoi have captured a legendary giant turtle for medical treatment. The turtle, weighing some 200kg, may be suffering the effects of pollution, snaggings by fish hooks, attacks from smaller red ear turtles that have proliferated in the lake.

The RSPCA has slammed indigenous hunting practices after a video showing the alleged slaughter of a turtle was posted on YouTube.
The video shows a turtle, which appears to be alive, having its flippers severed while it thrashes its head in pain

A Santa Rosa woman has been indicted in federal court in San Francisco for allegedly taking part in the illegal trade of endangered Hawksbill sea turtle parts from China into the United States, authorities said today.